Tobacco pouch and like container



Sept. 22, 1936. A; w. FLINT TOBACQO POUCH AND LIKE CONTAINER Filed Marqh12, 1956 INVENTOR ALFRED w. By

FLINT ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEApplication March 12, 1936, Serial No. 68,516 In Great Britain March 15,1935 1 Claim. (Cl. 150-3) This invention relates to tobacco pouches,handbags, despatch cases and like containers of the kind which consistof a flexible pocket portion formed or provided with a cover fiap 5forming an extension of one wall of the pocket. With pouches and casesof this character the disadvantage has been experienced that the pocketcannot easily be maintained in an open position whilst the contentsthereof are in course of removal, and the objectof the present inventionis to provide an improved construction and arrangement which willobviate this disadvantage.

According to the invention a pouch, handbag,

despatch case or like container of the kind above indicated is providedalong either or both edges of the pocket portion with a strip of readilydeformable non-resilient material of sufiicient rigidity to maintain themouth of the pocket open for any length of time but capable of yieldingand returning to normal position as the container as a whole is rolledor folded into its closed position.

Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing which illustratesby way of example 5 a one end of which is folded over to form a pocket bby stitching along the edges 0 the pocket thus formed being preferablylined with a waterproof material. The edge at of the material whichforms the opening of the pocket is folded over and a strip of lead e isfixed within it. With this arrangement when the pouch is unwrapped themouth of the pocket can be opened by deforming the lead strip e so thatthe pocket will remain open during such time as the contents are allextracted.

When this operation is finished the edge of the opening is flattened tonormal position shown in Fig. 1 and the pouch again folded to itsinoperative position in the ordinary manner the strip of lead alsoserving to maintain the mouth of the' pocket closed.

Although the invention has been described above as particularlyapplicable to the construction of tobacco pouches, it will be obviousthat it can be applied equally to other articles such, for example, ashandbags and despatch-cases as well as to any leather or fabriccontainers which require to be held open at certain times.

I claim:

A tobacco pouch comprising a flexible pocket portion defined by opposedwalls and having an open mouth, and a cover flap forming an extension ofone wall of the pocket portion beyond the mouth thereof and foldableover the pocket portion, and a narrow strip of deformable butnonresilient metal fixed along the edge of the wall of the pocketportion opposite to said extension and adjacent to the mouth of thepocket portion and operative to retain the mouth of the pocket portionin open condition after the same has been opened.

ALFRED WILLIAM FLINT.

